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breitet. Mir liegen sehr schöne Exemplare von Para (Schulze) vor. — Im 

 Ungar, National-Museum 8 Exemjilarc von Honduras, Mexico, (^(iliinihid, 

 Brasilia, Peru und Vciiczitchi (Mocs.). 



30. Euglossa dimidiata F. 



1793. — Apis (liniidiata Fabricius, Entom. system. II. p. 316 n. 6. 

 1804. — Ceidris dimidiata Fabricius, Fabricius, Syst. Piez. p. 354 n. 1. 

 J809. — Euglossa dimidiata Latreille, Gen. Crust. & Insect. IV. p. 180. 

 1825. — Euglossa dimidiata Lepeletier, Encycl. method. Insect. X. p. 795. 



1833. Euglossa dimidiata Perty, Delect, anim. artic. Brasil, p. 151; T. 28, F. 14. 



1841. — EuU'ma dimidiata Lepeletier, Hist. nat. Insect. Hymen. II. II. p. 12 n. 2, Ç ; 



T. 7, F. 4 ( $ ). 

 1874. — Eidema dimidiata Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) XIII. p. 441 u. 1. 

 1878. — Eulema dim,idiata Lucas, Ann. soc. entom. France (5j VIII. Bull. p. CXLIV. 

 1893. — Eulema dimidiata Radoszkowski, Bull. soc. natural Moscou p. 187 ; T. 7, F 47. 



((Cciifris atra, ahiloiiiinis xcf/itiCHlis iiKinjiin' ciiieri'is,<iiio riifo, alin 

 Ixisi ((Irh. — Habitat SnriiHimi.» 



Os palpis, maxillis linguaque iniiexa, quinquefida, longissima ; cly- 

 peus porrectus, gibbus, corneus, fornicatus, rotundatus, integer ; palpi 4 

 brevissimi, íiliformes, inœquales : anteriores longiores, G-articulati ; arti- 

 culis œqualibus, adhaerentes maxilhe flexurse, posteriores paulo breviores, 

 biarticulati : articulis seqnalibus, adnati laciniis exterioribus labii apice. 

 Mandibula crassa, lata, cornea, concava, apice rotundata, subdentata. Ma- 

 xilla longissima, cornea, medio inflexa, setacea, acuta, linguae laciniam 

 exteriorem constituens ; labium longissimum, basi corneum, tenue, in me- 

 dio inflexum, trifidum : laciniis iequalibus ; lateralibus compressis, concavis, 

 intermedia rotundata, pilosa retractili : squama parva baseos membranacea, 

 rotundata, suffulta. Antennie breves, tiliformes : articulo 2 longiori, cylin- 

 drico, 3 basi attenuato.» 



Lepeletieii beschreibt dliiiididld folgendermassen : 



« Ç . — Antenna^ nigrse ; caput et thorax nigro-senea, nigro-villosa ; 

 abdomen nigrum, vir idi seneoque micans ; segmentis Í — 3 nigro-villosis, 

 margine infero albido-villoso, 4 ferrugineo villoso basi fusca, 5 — 6 ferru- 

 gineo-villosis, pedes nigri, nigro-villosi, alse a basi ad medium nigne, a 

 medio ad apicem albidse opacae. 



cT — similis, segmento abdominis G ferrugineo-villoso. — Cayenne. 



Smith schreibt 1874 von dieser Art: 



«This species varies not only in colouring but also in size. The 3 ai3Í 

 cal segments are usually covered with ferruginous pubescence ; but speci- 

 mens from liio and others from hontales Chave the segments clothed with 

 pale yellowish wliite. In size it varies from 14 to Í) lines (^30 unn. — 19mm.) 

 in both sexes. I» 



